Language Spoken at Home question.

Applying to College
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<p>I am currently filling the language spoken at home question and I am in doubt.</p>

<p>It asks:</p>

<p>1- What language is spoken at home?</p>

<p>2- What other languages do you speak frequently?</p>

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<p>I frequently speak Spanish at home (That is the anwser for 1).</p>

<p>On question 2 I am in doubt!</p>

<p>I speak Japanese and French 2x a week as I am taking courses + I speak english at school.</p>

<p>I should put: English, Japanase, French </p>

<p>for 2 or just English?</p>

<p>I called the admissions office and they could not anwser.</p>

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<p>i think they mean at home, fluently. not like "i'm taking a french class." something like you speak english and spanish with your parents.</p>

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<p>I agree with hydeist, they'll see from other places that you're taking French and Japanese courses, they want to know what you speak OUTSIDE of class.</p>

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<p>I tought of that also!</p>

<p>This is like languages I speak on my natual soroundings right?</p>

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<p>what if you did like a homestay immersion/language program in spain over the summer and have been taking it for 5 years. i'm not exactly fluent but i mean, i was able to communicate well w/ my "family" in spain, i spoke spanish most of the time i was there. can that count as a second language?</p>

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<p>No, it doesn't count.</p>

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<p>This was asked at Emory admission session, and they said it's mainly to understand the environment you grew up in.</p>

<p>For instance, if two students live in Boston, and both score low on the verbal test, they will factor in that one of those students grew up in a household that speaks Spanish or another language, but still must speak English at school.</p>

<p>But there is a higher expectation if you speak English at school and then go home and "cultivate" the language within your household.</p>

<p>So if you believe that there is a language spoken in your house moreso than English or that you contribute a lot of time speaking daily at home, then I would put it down.</p>

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<p>So actually I should only have spanish down right?</p>

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<p>yes, they want to know the languages that you use to converse normally with your family.</p>

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<p>You don't speak 3-4 different languages, other than English at home...</p>

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<p>I only speak
Spanish at home so I will leave that blank</p>

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<p>On the second question, you could state that you speak English frequently - because, I assume, you do at school.</p>